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ALF Recruit

ALF Recruit is a specialist recruitment partner focused on finance, accountancy, business support, and financial services, serving the North West and delivering nationwide coverage for SMEs through to FTSE listed companies. The firm provides permanent recruitment, temporary solutions, and executive search, uniting high end, high quality talent with roles that demand both technical capability and cultural alignment. Its consultants take a bespoke, consultative approach that prioritizes quality over quantity, curating shortlists rather than flooding clients with CVs, and guiding each search from briefing through shortlisting, interview coordination, offer management, and onboarding. Typical mandates range from transactional finance posts such as purchase ledger, sales ledger, credit control, and accounts assistant, to part qualified and qualified accountants, management accountants, finance analysts, finance managers, controllers, finance business partners, and finance directors. Within financial services, ALF Recruit supports specialist areas including banking and bridging finance, underwriting, AML and financial crime, fraud investigation, risk, compliance, and collections, alongside wider corporate functions across business support, HR, and legal. For time critical needs, its temporary and interim service leverages a pre vetted network to deliver rapid cover and business continuity, agreeing transparent rates and delivering candidates who can make an immediate impact. For long term hires, its permanent process is structured to secure lasting fit and retention, underpinned by clear terms of business and market insight on salary, benefits, and hybrid working. The company also offers candidate centric support, including free CV checks, interview tips, and practical coaching to help professionals move faster and with confidence. From first contact by phone, email, or a booked meeting with an executive search expert, ALF Recruit aims to make hiring straightforward, precise, and outcome focused, helping clients search, recruit, and retain the people who will drive long term performance.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementHuman ResourcesTechnical WritingProject Management

HQRochdale, United Kingdom

First Recruitment Group

First for Insurance is a UK based specialist motor insurance intermediary that focuses on keeping business motoring, with particular strength in tailored van insurance for tradespeople and commercial drivers. The website presents clear routes to get or retrieve a quote online and a prominent telephone number for customers who prefer to speak directly, underlining an emphasis on accessible service. As part of Right Choice Insurance Brokers Limited, First for Insurance benefits from the scale and governance of a larger FCA authorised brokerage, with regulatory reference number 475620 and a registered office at St James House, 27-43 Eastern Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 3NH. The site highlights a wider family connection through Club RCIB, and signposts complementary roadside assistance options from partners such as Autoaid Breakdown, Autonational Rescue, and Euro Rescue, including UK and European cover tiers. Customers can also review practical guidance on making a claim, including what to do at the scene of an accident and the steps to take immediately after an incident, reflecting a focus on support beyond the point of sale. Transparency is reinforced through visible links to terms and conditions, privacy and cookie policies, a modern slavery statement, retention and consumer duty policies, and customer vulnerability information. The online experience is aimed at United Kingdom residents, with content and services delivered under English law. The website states the breakdown insurance product featured is offered by one insurer, Equity Red Star, arranged and administered by Right Choice Insurance Brokers Ltd, and reserves the right to change insurers without notice. Quote journeys are streamlined, and policy documentation, key policy information, and terms are made available digitally to ensure customers can review coverage before purchase. Cookie consent and analytics disclosures show how user data is handled, while a detailed data retention schedule describes how long personal data such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails are kept, and confirms that records will be provided to authorities on request when required by law. Product navigation focuses on van, car, and breakdown categories, with FAQs and complaints guidance to assist customers in resolving issues efficiently.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementGeneralist - white collar professionalsSales & Business DevelopmentFinance & Accounting

HQRomford, United Kingdom

Connect3 Recruitment

This agency helps professional service firms look bigger, sharper, and more trusted online by turning what already makes them money into authority content that consistently attracts high quality clients. With a combined decade of marketing experience and a track record serving brands across the UK, US, Europe, and the UAE, the team focuses on ROI, clarity of positioning, and a system that does not drain a founders time. Its signature offering, the Authority Engine, is a done for you authority and content framework refined across real client work to position clients as the obvious choice in their market. The process is simple and repeatable: extraction to learn the business, clients, and market; strategy to map audience, goals, and content plan; content production blending graphics, photos, and short form video; streamlined approval to keep delivery moving; and publishing with intent so every post has a job, from building trust and credibility to generating demand. Designed for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn, the approach prioritizes consistent visibility, an on brand presence, and measurable outcomes rather than generic posts or pushy sales messages. Recent wins include 20 plus new enquiries per month for an accountancy firm, a finance business signing a 6000 per year retainer, 10 million views on Facebook and Instagram in 2025 for a business, 40 percent revenue growth for a local company through social content, a 1000 percent follower increase for a real estate agent, and lead magnet performance with 140 downloads. Priced from 999 per month and delivered as a monthly commitment, the service is for firms with a proven offer, a defined social goal, and capacity for new clients, not for those seeking to go viral or buy cheap content. Every engagement is written in the clients tone of voice, with regular updates and a consistent posting cadence that turns expertise, opinions, proof, and client wins into sustainable inbound demand.

SOW/ProjectsMSPRPOManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Graphic DesignBroadcastingPublishing

HQMacclesfield, United Kingdom

Cathedral Appointments

Cathedral Appointments is a South West recruitment partner with offices in Exeter, Plymouth and Taunton, supporting employers and candidates across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Bristol. For more than 37 years the consultancy has helped an entire generation of businesses build effective teams while guiding professionals to progress their careers. B Corp certified and consistently 5 star rated, the firm delivers permanent, contract and temporary recruitment and manages the full hiring lifecycle end to end, acting as an embedded partner or working alongside established in house teams. Cathedral Appointments recruits across a wide range of professional disciplines, including Accountancy and Finance, Business Support, Charity and Non profit, Customer Services, Engineering and Manufacturing, Executive leadership, Financial Services, Human Resources, IT and Tech, Legal, Logistics, Marketing and Creative, Project Management, Recruitment and Talent Acquisition, and Sales. The team is also a specialist in fractional and senior executive appointments, supporting flexible fractional leaders as well as permanent and interim C suite and senior management hires with a discreet, insight led approach that focuses on long term success and fit. To meet growing demand for digital skills, the company launched CA Tech Talent in 2022, a sister brand dedicated to sourcing software engineers, consultants and technology specialists across the region using advanced search tools and deep local networks. Clients benefit from market intelligence, salary and benefits benchmarking, role definition support, employer brand advice, compliant processes and thorough candidate screening, while candidates gain access to high quality opportunities, guidance on CVs and interviews, and ongoing career support. With simple online tools to register a job or submit a CV and an always current job search, Cathedral Appointments makes it easy to engage. Guided by values of integrity, teamwork and quality, the firm is committed to strengthening the region by matching great talent with thriving businesses.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceIndustrial MachineryChemical ManufacturingElectrical Engineering

HQExeter, United Kingdom

Clark Wood

Clark Wood is a specialist recruitment consultancy focused on connecting accountancy and finance professionals with employers that value technical rigour, commercial awareness, and long term potential. Operating across the UK market, the firm supports professional services partnerships and in house finance teams with hires spanning newly qualified through senior leadership, aligning each search with the clients operating model, culture, and growth plan. Core expertise covers roles across audit, tax, financial reporting, management accounting, corporate finance, and related advisory disciplines, enabling clients to access shortlists that combine qualifications with hands on sector exposure. Clark Wood delivers three complementary service lines permanent recruitment, contract staffing, and executive search and interim management which can be engaged on contingent or retained bases depending on complexity and urgency. Consultants prioritize a consultative approach built on structured intake briefs, targeted research and outreach, behavioural and competency based assessment, and transparent feedback loops that compress time to shortlist without compromising quality. For clients, the firm provides market insight that informs workforce planning and compensation decisions, including comparative salary data and candidate availability trends. For candidates, practical guidance on CV positioning, interview preparation, and offer negotiation is coupled with advice on qualification pathways and career progression within practice and industry. Every assignment is run with an emphasis on compliance, confidentiality, and inclusive hiring, using consistent evaluation criteria and documented process controls to mitigate bias and protect sensitive information. Whether the mandate involves a single specialist, a small team build, or a discreet leadership appointment, Clark Wood applies disciplined search methods, clear communication, and measured execution to secure outcomes that stand up to scrutiny. The result is a stable match between employer expectations and candidate capability, supported by post placement follow up to ensure onboarding success and sustained performance.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)InsuranceInvestment ManagementFinTech

HQBristol, United Kingdom

Gibbs Hybrid

Gibbs Hybrid is a workforce solutions partner that helps enterprises and high growth companies secure, manage, and optimize specialist talent for mission critical initiatives across technology and financial services. Building on a hybrid operating model, the firm combines managed service program expertise with outcome based statement of work delivery and agile contract staffing to give clients a single, scalable route to skills, capacity, and measurable results. Its teams focus on hard to find capabilities spanning software engineering, data and analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, digital product, change and transformation, project and program management, business analysis, testing, and IT infrastructure, as well as the risk, compliance, and operations roles essential to highly regulated environments. Gibbs Hybrid designs governance frameworks that align to client objectives, with clear service levels, transparent pricing, and robust MI and reporting to provide control of spend and performance across multi supplier ecosystems. The firm emphasizes compliance and risk management in areas such as onboarding, background checking, right to work, and contractor classification, and applies disciplined delivery management to SOW engagements to ensure scope, milestones, and benefits are achieved. Clients gain speed and flexibility through contingent talent pipelines and rapid deployment models, while centralized program management drives consistency, vendor neutrality, and improved candidate and hiring manager experiences. The company invests in candidate communities and continuous skills development to maintain access to niche expertise, and it partners closely with internal talent and procurement teams to complement existing processes and tools. With a culture grounded in accountability, collaboration, and measurable outcomes, Gibbs Hybrid aims to reduce time to productivity, increase workforce visibility, and deliver predictable value across transformation, run, and change portfolios. Its approach is designed to be practical, data informed, and resilient, enabling organizations to scale up or down quickly while maintaining quality and control.

MSPSOW/ProjectsContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceBankingInsuranceInvestment Management

HQKnutsford, United Kingdom

Hirecracker

Based in Chester, Hirecracker is an award winning, multi sector recruitment partner that helps organizations hire smarter across the UK and internationally. Born out of the award winning Searchability group and now 100 percent employee owned, the firm brings a brand led, data informed approach that blends hands on recruitment delivery with employer branding, DE&I consultancy, and events to engage talent across competitive markets. Hirecracker supports needs from a single critical hire through to high volume recruitment campaigns, underpinned by AI, tech and insight tools that improve reach, speed, and candidate experience. The business operates dedicated sector teams, including Military, which connects veterans, service leavers and the wider forces community with civilian careers; Operations, covering business operations, HR and office support; Education, delivering permanent, supply and support staff for schools and education providers; Sales, placing revenue generators across industry verticals; Finance, recruiting core accounting and financial professionals; and Planning, focused on built environment and town planning roles. Clients benefit from flexible engagement models, including traditional permanent search, supply and interim solutions, and embedded Talent as a Service options that scale with demand. Candidates can access job search, CV submission and interview preparation resources, with consultants offering practical guidance at every step. With 5 star reviews from both clients and candidates and case studies that span energy, utilities and other sectors, Hirecracker is trusted to deliver measurable outcomes, improve employer brand visibility, and reduce time to hire. The company serves employers across the public and private sectors from its UK headquarters, with aligned teams supporting sister sites in the USA, Australia and the UAE, and is committed to ethical, transparent processes backed by modern technology and a people first culture.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingRPOHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)Corporate Training & CoachingE-Learning & Online EducationCommercial Real EstateConstructionArchitecture

HQChester, United Kingdom

JAM Recruitment

JAM is a UK based telephone answering and outsourced call handling specialist that has been trusted by businesses for more than 46 years. Established in 1977, the company delivers a 24/7 virtual receptionist service, emergency response and engineer callout coordination, outsourced call centre operations, appointment booking, order taking, call transfers, FAQ handling, and virtual office solutions such as mail forwarding, meeting rooms, and registered addresses. JAM differentiates itself with fully bespoke scripts and proprietary call handling software designed to manage complex call flows, including escalation paths and real time engineer dispatch. Its client portal provides message viewing with advanced search, live availability management for teams, caller recognition, VIP flagging, and detailed reporting and analytics, combining gold standard people with cutting edge technology. The company proudly holds ISO 9001 certification for the third consecutive year, underpinned by rigorous process audits, ongoing staff training, and AI driven quality assurance and co pilot tools to enhance consistency, reliability, and customer experience. With UK based receptionists answering in the client’s name around the clock, JAM helps organizations capture every opportunity, reduce overheads versus in house reception teams, and scale support flexibly through simple 30 day rolling agreements and fair pricing with no long contracts. Independently rated Excellent on Trustpilot, and cited by customers for responsiveness and reliability, JAM supports SMEs and large enterprises alike across diverse sectors, from healthcare and financial services to manufacturing and consumer brands. Whether a business needs overflow support, full front of house coverage, or mission critical out of hours callout management, JAM builds a tailored solution that safeguards every call, protects brand reputation, and turns conversations into measurable results.

MSPSOW/ProjectsContract StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQBorehamwood, United Kingdom

Kingsley Adams - Banking and Insurance Recruitment

Kingsley Adams is a specialist recruitment partner focused on the banking and insurance sectors, helping regulated institutions and high growth firms secure talent that drives commercial performance and strengthens governance. The firm concentrates on permanent appointments, executive search, and interim or contract solutions, combining rigorous market research with a consultative approach to match skills, culture, and long term potential. Clients span retail, commercial, and investment banking, asset and wealth management, payments and fintech, as well as insurers, brokers, and MGAs, and they rely on Kingsley Adams for targeted access to front, middle, and back office professionals. Typical mandates include relationship managers, corporate bankers, underwriters, claims leaders, distribution heads, product and proposition specialists, risk, compliance, financial crime, credit, audit, legal, finance and accounting, actuarial, treasury, and operations. Drawing on deep domain knowledge and a curated network, the team designs a search strategy that blends headhunting, referral activation, and advertising where appropriate, then manages a structured process covering briefing, market mapping, outreach, screening, competency and values assessment, shortlisting, interview orchestration, and offer negotiation. The firm prioritizes candidate experience and confidentiality, provides salary and benefits benchmarking, and supports clients with employer branding, job design, and interview training to help reduce time to hire while improving retention and diversity outcomes. For critical leadership roles, Kingsley Adams delivers discreet executive search with succession planning insights and board ready shortlists; for change programs or peak workloads, it supplies experienced interim professionals on compliant contracts with clear deliverables. Every engagement is underpinned by transparent communication, measurable service levels, and a commitment to understanding the regulatory and risk context in which clients operate. By aligning talent strategy to business goals, Kingsley Adams enables financial services organizations to build resilient teams that serve customers, manage risk, and sustain growth.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementFinance & AccountingLegal & ComplianceSenior Executives

HQManchester, United Kingdom

Link Recruitment

LINK, operated by Link Scheme Holdings Ltd, is the United Kingdoms cash access network connecting a reliable estate of ATMs to every major bank and building society so that people and businesses can withdraw money and check balances wherever they live. Working in the public interest and under detailed oversight from multiple regulators, LINK focuses on maintaining good access to cash on every UK high street while usage patterns evolve. The network supports over 40,000 cash machines and helps dispense around GBP 1.6 billion each week, with extensive, transparent reporting of monthly values and volumes and weekly transaction indicators. LINK collaborates with communities to understand local needs through its Cash Assessment Process and a Request Access to Cash service, conducting site visits and publishing assessments to guide the placement of new services, including Banking Hubs and cash at the till solutions delivered with partners. The organization partners closely with government, regulators, law enforcement, consumer and industry groups, and a wide membership drawn from across the financial services sector to keep cash infrastructure safe, secure, and resilient. A comprehensive Cash Locator tool helps the public find ATMs, hubs, and other access points, while the Data and Research hub shares insight on how people use cash, the condition of the ATM network, bank branch trends, and wider thought leadership. Through a long standing financial inclusion program dating back to 2006, LINK protects access for communities at risk of being left behind as payments digitize, ensuring that people who prefer or rely on cash can continue to manage their money with confidence. Headquartered in Leeds, the organization maintains robust governance, publishes its footprint reports, and upholds high standards of security, accessibility, and transparency across the network.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementCloud ComputingTelecomGovernment Administration

HQLeeds, United Kingdom

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